Kathy+Murphy


 * SUMMARY: Kathy Murphy, age 17, died September 8, 1973 after an abortion performed at Inglewood Women's Hospital in Inglewood, CA.**

Seventeen-year-old Kathy Denise Murphy went to Inglewood Women's Hospital in Los Angeles County for a safe and legal abortion on August 24, 1973.

During the days after her abortion, Kathy suffered breathing problems and became semi-conscious, so Inglewood staff transferred her by ambulance to Centinela Hospital on September 7.

Later that night, Cetinela transferred Kathy back to Inglewood, where John Dupont pronounced her dead at 1:20 on the morning of September 8.

The autopsy found that Kathy had died of [|sepsis] from the abortion; her cervix and uterus were infected, and her cervix covered with greenish-black pus.

Other women who died after abortions at Inglewood include Belinda Byrd, Cora Lewis, Lynette Wallace, and Elizabeth Tsuji.

As you can see from the graph below, abortion deaths were falling dramatically before legalization. This steep fall had been in place for decades. To argue that legalization lowered abortion mortality simply isn't supported by the data.



Source: LA County Coroner Report 73-14675

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